kick someone out of somewhere

kick someone out of somewhere
kick (someone) out (of (somewhere)) to tell someone to leave a place.

They kicked us out of the gym because it was needed for a basketball game.

When the principal caught Lisa smoking in the bathroom, she was kicked out.

Usage notes: usually someone is kicked out for doing something wrong, as in the second example

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  • kick someone out of — kick (someone) out (of (somewhere)) to tell someone to leave a place. They kicked us out of the gym because it was needed for a basketball game. When the principal caught Lisa smoking in the bathroom, she was kicked out. Usage notes: usually… …   New idioms dictionary

  • kick (someone) out — (of (somewhere)) to tell someone to leave a place. They kicked us out of the gym because it was needed for a basketball game. When the principal caught Lisa smoking in the bathroom, she was kicked out. Usage notes: usually someone is kicked out… …   New idioms dictionary

  • kick out of somewhere — kick (someone) out (of (somewhere)) to tell someone to leave a place. They kicked us out of the gym because it was needed for a basketball game. When the principal caught Lisa smoking in the bathroom, she was kicked out. Usage notes: usually… …   New idioms dictionary

  • kick out of — kick (someone) out (of (somewhere)) to tell someone to leave a place. They kicked us out of the gym because it was needed for a basketball game. When the principal caught Lisa smoking in the bathroom, she was kicked out. Usage notes: usually… …   New idioms dictionary

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  • knock — knock1 W3S1 [nɔk US na:k] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(door)¦ 2¦(hit and move something)¦ 3¦(hit somebody hard)¦ 4¦(hit part of your body)¦ 5 knock on doors 6 be knocking on the door 7¦(remove wall)¦ 8 knock a hole in/through something 9¦(criticize)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • drive — drive1 [ draıv ] (past tense drove [ drouv ] ; past participle driven [ drıvn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 control vehicle ▸ 2 provide power to move ▸ 3 push something to hit something else ▸ 4 force someone to leave ▸ 5 force someone into bad state ▸ 6 make …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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